A MOLTER workshop organized by Prof. Michael Schmidt entitled: "Global change and feedback from organic carbon dynamics - Defining research visions on how to quantify the molecular-level mechanisms driving soil organic matter dynamics" took place at Lake Constance, in October 2009. The picture shows the workshop participants (from left to right): 1. row: Thorsten Dittmar, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Michael Schmidt, Susan Trumbore, and Johannes Lehmann. 2. row: Markus Kleber, Georg Guggenberger, Steve Weiner, and Samuel Abiven. 3. row: Daniel Rasse, Margaret Torn, Paolo Nannipieri, and David Manning 4. row: José A. González-Pérez, and Ivan Janssens.

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